Which to use
“estimées” and “estimez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,851
- “estimées” frequency rank
- #22,560
- “estimez” frequency rank
- 45411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | estimées | estimez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de estimer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de estimer. |
Same sound, different letters: estimées vs estimez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: estimées vs estimez
This is the hard kind. estimées and estimez are pronounced identically (\ɛs.ti.me\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
estimées is recorded at frequency rank #22,851, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛs.ti.me\. estimez is at rank #22,560, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛs.ti.me\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 45411, this pair ranks #202,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of estimées vs estimez
Shared letters: eimst. Private to "estimées": é. Private to "estimez": z.
"estimées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "estimez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- estimez ← esitmez · esstimez · estiemz · estimezz · estimmez · estimze · estmiez · esttimez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "estimées" and "estimez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "estimées" or "estimez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "estimées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "estimez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "estimées" and "estimez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entamées vs estimées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #202,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.